Lawyers

Darshak Dholakia

Darshak Dholakia

Dechert LLP, United States

Work Department

International Trade and Government Regulation

Position

Partner

Career

Darshak S. Dholakia primarily advises on compliance with international trade laws, including economic sanctions programs administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), anti-money laundering (AML) provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws, and export controls (Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and the Part 110 and 810 nuclear export control regulations). Mr. Dholakia regularly conducts internal investigations, develops compliance programs, oversees risk assessments, conducts due diligence for corporate transactions and interacts with government agencies in relation to compliance and enforcement-related proceedings as well as trade-remedy disputes.

Mr. Dholakia also advises clients in connection with transactions implicating national security reviews conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He has represented foreign investors and acquirers and domestic sellers and targets in connection with many dozens of investment transactions, and, when necessary and appropriate, he has negotiated national security agreements in order to secure CFIUS approval.

Languages

Gujarati Hindi Spanish

Memberships

South Asian Bar Association American Bar Association American Society of International Law

Education

Yale University, B.A., 2004, with Distinction Columbia Law School, J.D., 2007

Mentions

International trade and national security • United States

Customs, export controls and economic sanctions

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